Keeping an eye on Communist, Totalitarian China, and its influence both globally, and we as Canadians. I have come to the opinion that we are rarely privy to truth regarding the real goal, the agenda of Red China, and it's implications for Canada [and North America as a whole]. No more can we rely on our media as more and more information on China is actively being swept under the carpet - not for consumption.

Following a rash of violent incidents directed at hospital staff, a new survey digs into the lack of trust Chinese patients feel toward doctors.

Carried out by the polling center at the publication China Youth Daily, the surveycanvassed 252,283 people across the country. It’s big take-away: Fully two-thirds, or 66.8 percent of people, don’t trust “doctors’ professional diagnosis and treatment.”

On Oct. 25 a patient upset about a nose operation stabbed a doctor to death and injured two others in China’s eastern Zhejiang province. That same day, Chinese media reported that 18 hospitals in Shanghai announced they were beefing up security, with the aim of having one guard per 20 hospital beds. The average number of assaults per year on doctors went up from 20.6 per hospital in 2008 to 27.3 last year, according to a separate survey by the China Hospital Association, reported theChina Daily on Nov. 12.

What explains the patient-doctor conflict? The No. 1 reason for disputes is the lack of “public welfare services,” and “public hospitals,” says the China Youth Dailysurvey. A close second is the deleterious effect of negative media reports, with 27.4 percent saying bad news contributed to the public’s anger.

The survey respondents also said disputes stemmed from the lack of trust between doctors and patients (9.2 percent), the uneven distribution of medical resources (7.3 percent), doctors’ heavy workload (7 percent), and patients expecting too much from medical care (6.6 percent).

What’s to be done? First, to rebuild patients’ trust in doctors, China should once again establish a “public welfare” medical system, said the largest number of people, or 35.6 percent of respondents. The second most-cited fix for frayed faith: About one-fifth said doctors need to be more “compassionate” and “patient” when dealing with those seeking treatment.

About Me

I can be found exploring dried up river beds. I carve stone found on those hikes. Yes, I collect rocks!The hiking here is perhaps the best I've come across. Like cooking, photography and visits to artistic and local events. We love to travel; places we have been to include London [UK], Mallorca, Acapulco, Playa Del Carmen, Athens, Mykonos, Santorini, Maui, LA, San Diego, Puerto Escondido, Edinburgh, Isle of Man, Isle Of Skye, Kirkwall/The Orkneys and Honolulu.